WEST,MY GOOD FELLOW..AS YOU KNOW OUR[JERRY]IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND IT WILL BE HISTRONIC-OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE..HISTORIC,NOW AS I WAS JUST WONDERING IF AS A FAVOR BETWEEN OUR GREAT NATIONS AND SINCE YOU'RE TIGHT WITH[HM]IF MAYBE YOU COULD ASK HER TO MAYBE WRITE A LETTER OF RECOGNITION OR ADMIRATION FOR OUR CANDIDATE,NOTHING LONG JUST A FEW WORDS AND IN RETURN AFTER HE'S ELECTED..[it's a shoo-in]IMAGINE THE GOOD FEELINGS THAT WILL EXIST BETWEEN OUR GREAT NATIONS...[besides he's thinking about annexing Canada]AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ENGLISH SPEAKING STATES THERE,SO[HM]WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE TO HANG HER CROWN,IF SAY THERE WERE AN OVERTHROW...[she could slide on over to Canada and chill]SO IF WHILE AT THE PALACE YOU COULD JUST YA KNOW SORTA KINDA MENTION IT...[if not a letter maybe a note with her initials on it]THANKS WEST..GOTTA RUN,GOT VOTES TO GET!!

Well Arr&bee, I have to say that making contact with HM just at the moment could be tricky.

Very busy, as you know, with all those photo shoots, 'now that one has become a great-grandmother for the eighth time'.

Hmmm. Any thoughts of yours made to the current head of state about annexing Canada, together with those words "say there were an overthrow", would surely be met with a very stern 'one is not amused' expression.

Then add to that all the time she currently spends on polishing the cutlery for President Trump's state visit, and it might be best to tread very warily.

"I was living in a fleabag hotel and one night I heard these sirens and someone was breaking in a store below. I looked out and police had surrounded this store and I turned my tape-recorder on. I saw Bonnie and Clyde a couple of times and with those two things that's how I came to write 'Indiana'. - R. Dean Taylor; Melody Maker interview, July 1974;

"...I'd like to be able to pass on some of my knowledge and experience to youngsters who want to learn. I'd like to teach them how to learn to evaluate a record - after all, Motown had me working in their Quality Control department for thirteen years, so I should know!" - Norman Whitfield; SoulMusic.com interview, from February 1977;

Well Arr&bee, I have to say that making contact with HM just at the moment could be tricky.

Very busy, as you know, with all those photo shoots, 'now that one has become a great-grandmother for the eighth time'.

Hmmm. Any thoughts of yours made to the current head of state about annexing Canada, together with those words "say there were an overthrow", would surely be met with a very stern 'one is not amused' expression.

Then add to that all the time she currently spends on polishing the cutlery for President Trump's state visit, and it might be best to tread very warily.

TRUMP???? THAT HACK,LOOK TELL[HM]NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE ANNEX THING..[she can run for queen once she gets there]AND BESIDES JERRY IS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE,SO SHE WON'T HAVE TO SHINE ANY FOLKS OR SPOONS FOR HIM,JUST POP SOME LEFTOVERS IN THE MICROWAVE AND HE'S COOL,AND SINCE CANADA WILL BECOME THE[51ST STATE]HER MAJESTY WILL BE A U.S.CITIZEN AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY...[an extra check in the mail couldn't hurt]OH AN SHE CAN BRING THE BABIES TOO AND CLAIM EM ON HER TAXES..WHAT A COUNTRY CLUB!

WEST,MY FINE FELLOW..I KNOW THAT[HM]IS VERY BUSY AT THE MOMENT,SO WHEN SHE GRANTS YOU SOME TIME TELL HER THAT PRESIDENT IN WAITING[JERRY]MAY NOT ACTUALLY ANNEX CANADA AND MAYBE AFTER HE'S ELECTED HE AND HER COULD HAVE A SIT DOWN AND TALK THINGS OVER AND SHE MAY TALK HIM OUT OF IT..[of course an envelope full of let's say-good will currency]WILL HELP THINGS GET OFF TO A GOOD START AND OF COURSE HE WOULD SPEAK TO PARLIMENT..[and funkadelic too if there're available]MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE HIM HER NUMBER AND HE'LL GIVE HER A CALL..[collect of course]GOTTA RUN-VOTES TO COLLECT!!

I'd better make enquiries about a surprise invitation to a Buckingham Palace summer garden party.

Perhaps we could all attend as part of a national 'Motown Revisits UK Tour' - presented by the Soulful Detroit Revue players and full supporting company.

A very long shot for actually meeting HM, but you never know....

Are you sure, westgrand? If I remember correctly HM told you to ring her up if you needed a favor. And, being that she loves music the Motown UK Tour may be just the thing for her. She may want to celebrate the birth of Archie.

"I only hope that I can regain my own identity once I decide that 'Perry Mason' and myself have come to the parting of the road. 'Perry Mason' has become a career for me...all I know is that I work, eat and sleep 'Perry Mason'. - Raymond Burr;

"It was my pleasure to work with the artists, because they were diamonds in the rough. They just needed grooming and needed to find out who they were, and that they were loved...and would be, and believe that they could be successful, wherever." - Maxine Powell;

"It was like a family. We were so close, and still are. Brian and Edward (Holland) and I, golly, we go out for lunch, as old as we are. We creep along. A few of us are still here. It's unbelievable the way we still cling to each other." - Janie Bradford; 'Money', Poetry and Philanthropy; Adam White, West Grand Blog; March 29 2019;

"We took our time and worked out what the three guitars were going to do, especially in the beginning. I did quite a bit of ad lib, because I had more of a blues feel, and my head was full of everything.

Robert (White) was a good rhythm guy, and Joe (Messina) often went note-for-note with the bass. I would ad lib in and out, never covering up anybody.

We had to play according to the record, you know - you didn't want to jam it up with a bunch of crap."

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